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SB 8.13.14

Devanāgarī

योऽसौ भगवता बद्ध: प्रीतेन सुतले पुन: । निवेशितोऽधिके स्वर्गादधुनास्ते स्वराडिव ॥ १४ ॥

Text

yo ’sau bhagavatā baddhaḥ prītena sutale punaḥ niveśito ’dhike svargād adhunāste sva-rāḍ iva

Synonyms

yaḥ—Bali Mahārāja;asau—he;bhagavatā—by the Personality of Godhead;baddhaḥ—bound;prītena—because of favor;sutale—in the kingdom of Sutala;punaḥ—again;niveśitaḥ—situated;adhike—more opulent;svargāt—than the heavenly planets;adhunā—at the present moment;āste—is situated;sva-rāṭiva—equal to the position of Indra.

Translation

With great affection, the Personality of Godhead bound Bali and then installed him in the kingdom of Sutala, which is more opulent than the heavenly planets. Mahārāja Bali now resides on that planet and is more comfortably situated than Indra.

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